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I'm legit tempted to bet on this one. -- (link) - David Feb 8, 21:29 6
- If gamblers are selling their comped tickets, does that mean they expect it to happen or don't? - Max Feb 8, 21:39
- the real collectible in 10 years will be owning a copy of every Vegas casino Taylor/Kelce prop bet sheet for this game. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 21:35 4
  - Even for Vegas, this week must be wild. -- nm - David Feb 8, 21:38 3
    - every casino has a lot of similar prop bets, but all have some unique to themselves. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 22:35
    - I can’t imagine the exploitation of the Super Bowl combined with that of Vegas. I just can’t. -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 22:23 1
      - New Orleans was pretty wild in its day. just now you have the gamblers AND the game in the same place -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 22:26
Tonight's lecture was on an interpretation of the Aztec Sun Stone monument. Every second word was the name of an Aztec deity or icon. - Meg Feb 8, 21:23
I think this is what we all need today. -- (link) - Dano Feb 8, 21:19 [youtube] 2
- I'm a bit disappointed that this isn't some Wet Leg I've never heard before. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 21:46
- … - i.b.! Feb 8, 21:32
On an entirely different note, I had the epiphany tonight that I'll have to be the parent to my older sister after my mom dies. -- (edited) - David Feb 8, 21:16 5
- my mom, who is 83, has recently been a bit more memory-challenged. It's nothing major, yet, but my mother has always been incredibly sharp and she's - Andie Feb 9, 05:55
- it fell to me to help multiple family members. - i.b.! Feb 8, 22:40
- I'm on the other side of the equation. How long can I count on making decisions for myself or when do I hand off to my daughter and others. - Meg Feb 8, 22:36
- yeah. I have a feeling I might be the same with my brother, but more because he just doesn't do things he finds awkward, or annoying. like taxes. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 21:40
- These are things that people are loathe to even contemplate, much less discuss. I suppose we plan subconsciously. Or maybe we kind of just wing it. -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 21:29
choose the form of Gozar, Chicago -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 8, 21:13 1
- Raise. -- (link*) - Last Of My Kind Feb 8, 21:15
To balance the universe a bit before I go to bed. This apparently occurred ~1 hour after the Biden presser -- (link) - ty97 Feb 8, 21:07
Taylor Swift's *cat* is worth almost 100m in est earnings from commercials, instagram modeling. more than BF Travis -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 8, 21:03
more rain here, wonderful -- nm - budice Feb 8, 20:58
Ah, perfection. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 8, 20:57 [mastodon]
Fox: How bad is your memory? Biden: My memory is so bad I let you speak. -- nm - Dark Brandon still in control Feb 8, 20:53
I sought animal videos distraction, found this first - 40 british vogue models at one shoot. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 8, 20:40
I'm not in the right frame of mind to be here today. I'm being argumentative, when I try very hard NOT to be that way - TWuG Feb 8, 20:39 1
- Trying to do better is all any of us can strive to do (which I do as well) -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 20:54
its not the first time we had a senile president, I'd rather have a kind old man with a great staff, than a malevolent mobster with toddies -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 20:28 3
- I vote for -- (pic) - Peglegpete Feb 8, 20:42 [Attachment] 2
  - Where's the Kabboooom? -- (pic) - zeitgeist Feb 8, 20:48 [Attachment] 1
    - on it's way from ACME special delivery -- (pic) - Peglegpete Feb 8, 21:32 [Attachment]
Tokyo Vice casting spoil, episode 2.02 - mud Feb 8, 19:58
The Traitors (spoils) - Jovian Feb 8, 19:35
We just noticed this in real time while watching Milwaukee's game. -- (link) - David Feb 8, 19:14 7
- My instant thought when seeing that: Brad from Bachelor Party -- (link) - Max Feb 8, 22:39 [youtube]
- that trade is baffling. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 19:37 5
  - like I get why the Bucks traded a guy for cash, but why trade for a guy just to waive him? goodwill? some weird salary cap stuff? -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 19:52 4
    - Yup. Milwaukee gets his cap hit off their ledger sheet. Sacramento picks up cash in exchange for taking and waiving him. - David Feb 8, 20:07 3
      - wait, the Kings got the cash as well? I thought they paid for him. I suppose 'cash considerations' is ambiguous. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 20:09 2
        
        Right. It saves Milwaukee $8.6 million in cap space, and they had a cash transaction trade exception they were gonna lose soon anyway. -- nm - David Feb 8, 20:15 1
        
        Here. -- (link) - David Feb 8, 20:16
If you have a cat, this is worth $3. Even chubbins loves it. -- (link) - amandaphone Feb 8, 19:10 3
- oo, I tried to get that for pip for the holidays; but it sold out before I ordered. - i.b.! Feb 8, 20:02 1
  - Sash may have stumbled on it on some viral website. My cats hate toys but I was like $3, I'll try it. It's a tiny marvel. -- nm - amandaphone Feb 8, 20:06
- Such a cute toy! -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 19:54
Did we get an update on Wolf ? -- nm - eag Feb 8, 19:08 2
- Says he's fine -- (link) - Remlik Feb 8, 19:13
- Apparently he has white hair and is a pacifist now. - TWuG Feb 8, 19:10
*takes a giant hit, leans back* ah yeah, that's the primo shit . . . -- (link*) - NYT Pitchbot Feb 8, 18:52
these NFL awards are fucking hilarious -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 8, 18:22
I'm no longer 100% convinced that Biden is on the ballot in November. - ty97 Feb 8, 18:15 53
- Y'all do more work to further the GOP message than a lot of Republicans and you need to stop. -- nm - TWuG Feb 8, 19:06 25
  - LOL. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 9, 04:13
  - Actually, that's you and your ilk. You turn people off by being rude dismissive know-it-alls (who don't actually know it all) -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 19:35 7
    - Certain STers jumped on the special counsel report today in *exactly* the way the special counsel intended. Y'all are being played by the opposition - TWuG Feb 8, 19:51 6
      - Yessss! I'm so stupid, I'm just a silly little pawn! Thank you so much for being so smart and helping me see the light. - ty97 Feb 8, 19:53 5
        
        GOP: "Biden misspeaks a lot, he must be cognitively impaired." Biden mispeaks. Dems: "Damn, he must be cognitively impaired." As if - TWuG Feb 8, 20:05
        
        Hey hey. Hey hey. I lover you and support you and your opinions. I share some of the same concerns. I would love to see a not Biden nominee this fall - amandaphone Feb 8, 20:02 3
        
        This is the nice way of saying what I'm trying to say. - TWuG Feb 8, 20:11
        
        The election is like nine months away. It's a non-entity to me at this point and I'm not being nervous or having an anxiety attack here. - ty97 Feb 8, 20:10 1
        
        OMG also so totally this. Nine months!!! Like where will any of us be in nine months? Stress less. Text me if you want a specula-stress buddy - amandaphone Feb 8, 20:22
  - I don’t see that here anywhere close to what I see elsewhere. far left especially that can’t see giving fodder to media and maga-ites is - i.b.! Feb 8, 19:15 8
    - If most of the concern shown here is backed up with actual action to counter the narrative and get out the vote - TWuG Feb 8, 19:19 7
      - It's a message board TWuG. Where we discuss things. I have asked before and I'm asking again... - ty97 Feb 8, 19:40 5
        
        Post all you want. Expect pushback when you post things that are counterproductive. - TWuG Feb 8, 19:44 4
        
        LOL. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 9, 05:27
        
        This isn't a campaign meeting. This isn't an appearance on CNN. Cut it out with the 'counterproductive' ridiculousness. - ty97 Feb 8, 19:46 2
        
        The merits are "you are doing the GOP's work for them". You've rejected that assessment. -- nm - TWuG Feb 8, 19:52 1
        
        So you have no actual rebuttal to the merits, just Twitter-esque echo chamber nonsense. Got it. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 19:55
      - I think it’s a mix. it’s ok to vent fear, like I have expressed that about not getting ahead of personal economy concerns. - i.b.! Feb 8, 19:27
  - Bingo! It feeds into MAGA propaganda -- nm - eag Feb 8, 19:10
  - jfc - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 19:10 5
    - What's nuanced about catastrophising 9 months out from election day? No one here is not voting for Biden come election day, it's all worry about - TWuG Feb 8, 19:13 4
      - No one is catastrophising (unless you are I guess? But I don't think that's your intent). - ty97 Feb 8, 19:51 3
        
        Why does it come up? Because it is a GOP talking point and it doesn't have to come from a talking head to get traction. - TWuG Feb 8, 19:59 2
        
        Please start calling out others engaging in "partisan messaging" -- nm - Strongbad Feb 9, 05:29
        
        this isn’t fair. half of all democrats in the recent nbc poll I mentioned said they have concerns about biden’s mental and physical health. - i.b.! Feb 8, 20:07
- Who else is it going to be? Kamala? Newsom? Whitmer? -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 19:04
- I mean he could theoretically die at any moment, so I'm not 100% convinced, but pretty much barring that he will be. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 18:52 2
  - I'm volunteering at the polls again and my vol coord teached out to me today to ask me to ballpark how many volunteers I'd need this fall. - amandaphone Feb 8, 19:08
  - Yup, that's me as well. -- nm - David Feb 8, 18:53
- Ah yes, the tried and true ST form of attacking people for even suggesting the slightest bit of doubt of success in an election. -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 8, 18:45 5
  - fwiw, I don’t think it’s wrong to say there’s a chance he’s not; but I think it would take something more than today’s stuff to get there. - i.b.! Feb 8, 18:52 3
    - So true: I wish there was another choice and he didn’t have to be running, but here we are. - amandaphone Feb 8, 19:18 2
      - exactly. I think he had to run under the circumstances. - i.b.! Feb 8, 19:22 1
        
        Totally agree on Doug E. She's unsympathetic. She has no "play." Just dullsville. I too wanted to love her. -- nm - amandaphone Feb 8, 19:29
  - but what's your basis for thinking there's any chance he's not on the ballot (before you even get to whether he can/will win) -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 8, 18:47
- jfc the bedwetting . . . i'm 100% convinced he will -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 8, 18:32 3
  - No, the other one is the bedwetter -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 18:44 1
    - Best post in this entire thread! -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 8, 19:53
  - I ... agree? - Reagen Feb 8, 18:38
- This should be a non-story but this guy made sure it was. He was going to damage him if he couldn’t convict him. I’m with Twug. It’s very difficult - pmb Feb 8, 18:22 10
  - The motivations are irrelevant at this point. It IS a story. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 18:25 9
    - Is it a neverending story? Because you know what they say about voter memories. -- nm - Max Feb 8, 18:27 8
      - These look like big, strong, hands don’t they? -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 18:40
      - It was already a top concern (the top concern?) in voters minds regarding Biden. So yes, it will be a non-stop topic -- nm* - ty97 Feb 8, 18:28 6
        
        I thought the top story was inflation or the economy. It's a moving target in the attempt to foster chaos. -- nm - David Feb 8, 18:29 5
        
        No, it’s the border. Or wait, no, it’s abortion. -- nm - mara Feb 8, 18:31 1
        
        It’s genocide! -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 18:41
        
        You can look it up for yourself -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 18:30 2
        
        I just looked at this the other day, and it depends on the survey. age, economy, immigration all in the mix. you may have seen NBC’s poll story that - i.b.! Feb 8, 18:48 1
        
        as this whole thing indicates, there is a wide swath of voters basing their current opinion on the premise that neither of the two will be the actual - hollywood big shot Feb 8, 18:58
- 69% -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 8, 18:19
- I’m holding at 51%. - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 8, 18:18
Flacco Fever is also something Aaron Rodgers isn't vaccinated against -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 8, 18:14
"Eff it. I'm out. Kamala, you're up." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 17:54 4
- hey! now playing: Tokyo Vice S2! -- nm - mud Feb 8, 18:03 2
  - Ooh, right, thanks! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 19:04
  - hee, spoil - mud Feb 8, 18:23
- :-] -- nm - mud Feb 8, 17:56
Argylle Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Feb 8, 17:41 [youtube] 1
- I continue to be amazed how quickly he can turn these around. Also (movie spoils) - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 8, 18:15
I see CNN has gone all in against Joe as well. - Jovian Feb 8, 17:38 6
- You should try resisting rage bait. -- nm - TWuG Feb 8, 17:58
- nah, they're just painfully neutral. -- nm - mud Feb 8, 17:41 4
  - You're kidding right. I legit think Elliot received some type of payoff earlier tonight. -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 17:44 3
    - The he didn't call the report out as being highly partisan and instead focused on how close he thought he was from indictment and then spewed - Jovian Feb 8, 17:46
    - I've had it on for coupla hours, they've had a SLEW of guests holding every position. It's like a thread on B2, but much worse. -- nm - mud Feb 8, 17:46 1
      - I appreciated Tobin in the segment right before, but then Kaitlan (the maga plant) started her nonsense panel - Jovian Feb 8, 17:48
Cowboys hire Mike Zimmer as DC -- nm - budice Feb 8, 17:37
"Sin bin" is a dumb name, but I'm guessing "penalty box" is already taken in soccer. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 8, 17:34 8
- Phrases I've only started hearing recently and would prefer to never hear again: "pick six" and "crackback" - Max Feb 8, 18:44 2
  - Pick six is when you go to a good bottleshop and get a mixed six pack. Right? -- nm - amandaphone Feb 8, 19:39 1
    - *this* usage is acceptable and endorsed. -- nm - Max Feb 8, 23:06
- The Finer Points of Hockey -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Feb 8, 18:18 [youtube]
- Still better than “netminder.” I hate that term. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 8, 18:16 1
  - Mind the net. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 19:24
- I don't see why that would be better than just giving a yellow card. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 8, 18:13
- technically it's the penalty area. sin bin gets used in hockey commentary a reasonable amount, and it's the de facto name for it in rugby. - mafic Feb 8, 17:38
"My memory is so bad I let you speak." -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 17:29 2
- Dark Brandon! -- nm - Tim Feb 8, 17:34
- classic doocy -- nm - mud Feb 8, 17:29
mexico and egypt aren't even in the same hemisphere! -- nm - mud Feb 8, 17:28 5
- What are we, sliced onions? -- nm - Northern Hemisphere Feb 8, 17:30 4
  - TIL: Kiribati is in all 4 hemispheres! -- nm - mud Feb 8, 17:40 3
    - fun fact: it's pronounced Kiribas. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 17:44 2
      - you're drunk -- nm - mud Feb 8, 17:48 1
        
        possibly! but I'm also right. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 17:49
... autotune surgery ... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 8, 17:23 [youtube]
WWE: ok they course corrected at the presser -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 17:18 8
- Did they audible or did they work everyone? -- nm - Tim Feb 8, 17:26 7
  - My gut says audible. BUT what they didn't do was announce what the match is officially....yet - Remlik Feb 8, 17:28 6
    - oh it's official. They posted it on social media -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 17:34 5
      - So double match for Reins? -- nm - eag Feb 8, 17:41
      - Yeah, Triple H called it official -- nm - Tim Feb 8, 17:35 3
        
        And Rock and HHH just had a confrontation -- nm - eag Feb 8, 17:49
        
        My guess… Triple threat, Cody wins and they needs a SummerSlam Head of the Table match between Rock and Roman. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 17:49 1
        
        yeah. That's my thought, cause Roman will blame Rock for the loss and they'll fight -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 17:51
the working theory i'm seeing from legal critics is Biden gave the standard "I don't recall" answer that lawyers advise clients to always give if you - hollywood big shot Feb 8, 17:18 1
- It reads that way to me - Pippy Feb 8, 19:11
pmb, just saw the great B2 news - you must be one proud poppa! Congrats! 🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 17:17 1
- Thanks and thanks to everyone. So much to figure out. -- nm - pmb Feb 8, 18:15
Probably not wise to joke about it, but ... - Beryllium Feb 8, 17:16 1
- *snork* -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 17:18
He was 100% calm and coherent during this RIDICULOUS bullshit. -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 17:14

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